CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
| Physical Description | Benzimidazole, 4,5-dichloro-2-(trifluoromethyl)- appears as a crystalline solid. Fine white needles when pure; the commercial material is brownish. Used as an herbicide. (EPA, 1998) |
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| Color/Form | CRYSTALLINE SOLID, FORMING FINE WHITE NEEDLES WHEN PURE. |
| Melting Point | 415 to 417 °F (EPA, 1998) |
| Flash Point | (Non-Specific -- Pesticide, solid, n.o.s.) May burn, but does not ignite readily. (EPA, 1998) |
| Solubility | 69 PPM IN WATER @ 25 °C; SPARINGLY SOL IN METHYL NAPHTHALENE & BENZENE; SOL UP TO 25% IN ETHANOL, ETHER, CHLOROFORM, PROPYLENE GLYCOL, GLYCEROL FORMAL, METHYL NAPHTHALENE; VERY SOL IN ACETONE. |
| Vapor Pressure | 4e-05 mmHg at 72.5 °F (EPA, 1998) |
| LogP | 3.49 |
| Stability/Shelf Life | ... VOLATILITY LOW ... AQUEOUS SALT FORMULATIONS ARE BELIEVED CHEMICALLY STABLE IN AIR. |
| Other Experimental Properties | NO DETECTABLE HYDROLYSIS IN AQ ACID OR ALKALI & NO REACTION AT ROOM TEMP WITH NORMAL LAB OXIDIZING AGENTS. |
| Chemical Classes | Pesticides -> Herbicides, Other |
COMPUTED DESCRIPTORS
| Molecular Weight | 255.02 g/mol |
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| XLogP3 | 3.6 |
| Hydrogen Bond Donor Count | 1 |
| Hydrogen Bond Acceptor Count | 4 |
| Rotatable Bond Count | 0 |
| Exact Mass | 253.9625380 g/mol |
| Monoisotopic Mass | 253.9625380 g/mol |
| Topological Polar Surface Area | 28.7 Ų |
| Heavy Atom Count | 15 |
| Formal Charge | 0 |
| Complexity | 249 |
| Isotope Atom Count | 0 |
| Defined Atom Stereocenter Count | 0 |
| Undefined Atom Stereocenter Count | 0 |
| Defined Bond Stereocenter Count | 0 |
| Undefined Bond Stereocenter Count | 0 |
| Covalently-Bonded Unit Count | 1 |
| Compound Is Canonicalized | Yes |
PRODUCT INTRODUCTION
description
Benzimidazole, 4,5-dichloro-2-(trifluoromethyl)- appears as a crystalline solid. Fine white needles when pure; the commercial material is brownish. Used as an herbicide. (EPA, 1998)